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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What causes wind to blow?
a)
Differences in longitude
b)
Shock waves from clouds
c)
Differences in air temperature and pressure
d)
The rotation of the earth
2.
Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?
a)
Spirally
b)
Unevenly
c)
Circularly
d)
Kinetically
3.
What causes warm air to rise?
a)
the fact that it's less dense than cold air
b)
The fact that it weighs more than cold air
c)
The fact that it has higher pressure than cold
d)
the fact that its more dense than cold air
4.
The reason why global winds flow from east to west and west to east, but not north to south, or south to north.
a)
Bernoulli's principle
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
high pressure
d)
low pressure
5.
What is the name for cooler air blowing from the land to the sea?
a)
Sea Breeze
b)
Land Breeze
c)
Mountain Breeze
d)
None of the Above
6.
True or False:
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What is the name for cooler air blowing from the sea to land?
a)
Sea Breeze
b)
Land Breeze
c)
Mountain Breeze
d)
None of the Above
8.
What do you call winds that blow in the same direction all over the Earth?
a)
global winds
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
Greenhouse effect
d)
sea breezes
9.
What winds blow from west to east in the temperate zone and move weather patterns across the United States?
a)
prevailing westerlies
b)
polar easterlies
c)
trade winds
d)
jet streams
10.
What are cold winds that blow from east to west in the polar regions?
a)
polar easterlies
b)
trade winds
c)
prevailing westerlies
d)
jet streams
11.
What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?
a)
Land breeze - daytime
b)
Land breeze - nighttime
c)
Sea breeze - daytime
d)
Sea breeze - nighttime
12.
Global winds over the United States blow in which direction?
a)
east to west
b)
north to south
c)
south to west
d)
west to east
13.
Why does a sea breeze at the beach keep you cool and comfortable during the hottest part of the day?
a)
warm air rising over land lets cooler air from the ocean blow in
b)
a storm is approaching
c)
cool air rising over land lets warm air from the ocean blow in
d)
Similarities in temperature between land and water
14.
Uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere causes which of the following?
a)
Greenhouse Effect
b)
Local and global winds
c)
Infrared Radiation
d)
Global temperature increase
15.
Wind blows from ______ pressure areas to _____ pressure areas.
a)
high; low
b)
warm; cool
c)
cool; warm
d)
low; high
16.
Water is _______ than land during the day, causing a sea breeze.
a)
more inviting
b)
larger
c)
cooler
d)
warmer
17.
___________is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.
a)
air pressure
b)
density
c)
volume
d)
none of the above
18.
Density of air is greater at high altitudes.
a)
true
b)
false
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